US president suggests he may be willing to provide air power to help to enforce potential peace deal with Putin
Donald Trump has ruled out sending US troops to Ukraine to enforce a potential peace deal with Vladimir Putin, tempering a promise to provide Kyiv with security guarantees that European allies had called a significant breakthrough towards halting the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine.
Asked during a phone interview with Fox News whether he could assure listeners – including many members of his Maga base who support an isolationist America-first foreign policy – that the US would not put troops on the ground in Ukraine, he said: “You have my assurance, and I’m president.”
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/19/european-leaders-ukraine-russia-trump
Author : Andrew Roth Global affairs correspondent and Pjotr Sauer
Publish date : 2025-08-19 18:28:00
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